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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
232 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE
COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MONROE UPPER KEYS...MONROE MIDDLE KEYS AND MONROE LOWER KEYS.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF FLORIDA KEYS COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.8 N...LONGITUDE 77.5 WEST. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. THIS WAS ABOUT 235 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
OF MARATHON FLORIDA. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER FRIDAY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
ANDROS ISLAND AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST
OF THE UPPER KEYS LATER THIS MORNING AND ACROSS THE UPPER KEYS AND
THE ADJACENT GULF...FLORIDA BAY AND ATLANTIC WATERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
FLORIDA KEYS AND SURROUNDING WATERS OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ATLANTIC
WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS FRIDAY MORNING...IN THE UPPER KEYS BY
AROUND NOON AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE KEYS AND PERHAPS THE LOWER KEYS
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE POSITION OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE.

.WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY MOVE INTO THE UPPER KEYS BY AROUND
NOON FRIDAY...AND THEN POSSIBLY OVERSPREAD THE MIDDLE KEYS AND THE
LOWER KEYS DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT
OUTDOOR ITEMS...INCLUDING UMBRELLAS...SMALL POTTED PLANTS AND SOME
FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND DECKS...BALCONIES AND PATIOS. TREE
BRANCHES MAY PULL DOWN ELECTRICAL SERVICE LINES...RESULTING IN
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

.STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED. HIGH TIDES ON FRIDAY ALONG
THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM FRIDAY
MORNING...AND AGAIN BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM FRIDAY EVENING.

.RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MAY PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

.TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.

.MARINE IMPACTS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS MAY IMPACT THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER KEYS FRIDAY
MORNING AND THEN PROGRESS WESTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF KEYS COASTAL
WATERS INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE OR PLANNED FOR RESIDENTS OR
VISITORS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND
MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A
BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. NOTE THAT
SNAKE CREEK BRIDGE MAY NOT OPEN FOR MARINE VESSELS FRIDAY MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND BE WELL SECURED. TWO SHELTERS
ARE OPEN...INCLUDING KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT 2100 FLAGLER AVENUE AND
STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY NEAR MILE MARKER 49 IN MARATHON. ALL KEYS
STATE PARKS AND DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. THE PORT OF KEY WEST IS CLOSED FRIDAY. KEY WEST AND
MARATHON AIRPORTS ARE TO REMAIN OPEN...UNLESS WEATHER CONDITIONS
DICTATE UNSAFE FLIGHT CONDITIONS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM
BONNIE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN KEY WEST BY 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF NEW INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

FLZ076>078-231245-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
232 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUANCE.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE
CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 54 PERCENT FOR THE
EXTREME UPPER KEYS...41 PERCENT AT MARATHON AND 31 PERCENT AT KEY
WEST.

$$

GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-230700-
/O.CON.KKEY.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
FLORIDA BAY-GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM-
232 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUANCE.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF THE UPPER
KEYS FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD INTO FLORIDA BAY AND THE GULF
WATERS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS MAY BUILD TO 6 TO 10 FEET FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST
OF THE UPPER KEYS.


$$
APA



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